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On a late spring afternoon (that doesn’t feel like April), Prospect Heights’ Leland Eating and Drinking House is pretty empty. Four people are sitting at tables in the upscale cafe, chatting over a playlist of early ‘00s hits from artists like Ashanti.

Eventually, Billy Woods arrives wearing a Black jacket, black shirt, and jeans. He says he’s feeling under the weather after several European show dates. Crosscontinental tours are becoming common fare for Woods, the Brooklyn-based rapper boasting one of rap’s elite pens. He’s been rapping since the ‘00s,...

A 15-part documentary series directed by Philip Gelatt, First Word on Horror highlights insightful conversations with authors Stephen Graham Jones, Paul Tremblay, Elizabeth Hand, Laird Barron, and Mariana Enriquez about the real-life influences behind their work and how they approach the craft of writing effective horror that lingers long after it's read.

With a new episode featuring Bram Stoker Award-nominated Mariana Enriquez coming to Substack on April 24th, we have an exclusive clip from the upcoming episode to share with Daily Dead readers, as well as the exclusive reveal of the episode's hauntingly mesmerizing artwork by Santiago Caruso, which depicts Mariana's short story "Adela's House."

Below, you can view Santiago's poster art and watch Marianna Enriquez discuss the horrors of dictatorship in our exclusive clip, and we also have additional details on First Word on Horror. To learn more about the documentary series, visit:

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Halle Berry isn’t just a Hollywood star, she’s a full-blown cinematic powerhouse. She started as a model, dazzled in beauty pageants, and then took over our screens with sheer talent and undeniable presence. From storming through X-Men (literally) to breaking hearts in Monster’s Ball and throwing punches in Bruised, Berry has done it all. Even when the movies didn’t always hit, she still managed to leave an impression.

But Berry isn’t just about action and superhero flicks, she’s dabbled in drama, thrillers, and even James Bond’s world, proving she can steal the show in any genre. Remember her in Die Another Day? That iconic orange bikini moment was only the beginning of how she redefined the Bond girl image. And let’s not forget John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, where she and her trained attack dogs made action scenes look like an art form.

Halle Berry is a phenomenal actress who has appeared in over 60 films. Throughout her ongoing acting career, Berry has played some of the most iconic characters in film. She portrayed Storm in the original live-action adaptation of X-Men and underwent extensive training and physical transformation for the poorly received film Catwoman. If Halle Berry is in it, she is guaranteed to give her all.

Halle Berry became the first Black woman to win an Academy Award and remains the only one to this day. In her illustrious career, Berry has portrayed many incredible characters in some of the greatest movies. Among her many remarkable roles, some of the films stand out more than others.

Bulworth Follows a Politician With Nothing Left To Lose Until He Meets a Beautiful Woman Role: Nina

Bulworth is about a politician down on his luck and disillusioned by his hypocritical career, so he hires a hitman to kill himself.

When Halle Berry made her big-screen debut as the crack-addicted Vivian in the most harrowing section of Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever," she put the entire world on notice that she was going to be an actor first and a movie star second. Obviously, she would quickly learn early in her career to play the Hollywood game and accept thinly-written roles that asked her to do little more than look like one of the most breathtakingly beautiful people on the planet, but she never went more than a year or two without challenging herself. This was particularly difficult to do, given the dearth of complex roles being written for Black women at the time.

Berry was 10 years into her film acting career when she landed the role that would change everything for her. As Leticia Musgrove in Marc Forster's bleak 2001 drama "Monster's Ball," she summoned up a fierce symphony of heartbreak,...

The Virgin of The Quarry Lake, adapted from the short stories of Mariana Enríquez (Things We Lost in The Fire), recently celebrated its World Premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. It’s a simmering, atmospheric story that has horror in its heart but mostly plays like a brooding summer hangout with a group of girls on the verge of adulthood where the vibe is all wrong. It’s an Elevated Horror that spends the majority of its time in a coming-of-age story but packs a creeping cold open and a ripping finish.

Directed by Laura Casabé (The Returned) from a screenplay by Benjamin Naishtat (Rojo), this early 2000’s-timepiece follows a young girl caught in a love triangle with a boy and an older “more experienced” woman. In the heat of the Argentinian summer, Natalia (Dolores Oliverio) has fallen in love with Diego (Agustín Sosa). It would be a summer romance for the ages,...

Viewers assumed that if there were going to be a Grey's Anatomy spin-off, it would probably focus on the side hustles of one of the primary characters. However, it surprised fans when Station 19 premiered in 2018 as an official part of the Grey's Anatomy universe. The series focused on the lives of first responders, particularly firefighters, in a similar capacity as the surgeons of Grey Sloan Memorial. Among these unsung heroes was Dean Miller, an integral part of Station 19 and one of the few characters who left the show midway.

Several characters from both shows crossed paths in different crossover episodes where the responders and the doctors connected over their shared experiences and traumas. Dean Miller regularly popped up whenever Shonda Rhimes wanted to mix things up. The brave firefighter had an interesting and emotional arc that fitted well in both Grey's Anatomy and Station 19's narrative.

Dean...

Deadline reports that Oscar, Golden Globe, and Emmy-winning director Susanne Bier has been tapped to direct the sequel to the beloved 1998 witchy rom-com Practical Magic. While the deal with Warner Bros., the studio behind the film, isn't quite sealed yet, it is a promising update on the highly anticipated reunion of Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman.

This will be a reteaming for both stars as Bullock worked with Bier on Netflix's Bird Box, an adaptation of the horror novel of the same name by Josh Malerman, and Kidman worked with the director on two previous projects, the HBO series The Undoing and the Netflix miniseries The Perfect Couple. Bier won an Academy Award for best international feature for her 2010 film In a Better World. She also directed the 2007 drama Things We Lost in the Fire, starring Halle Berry and Benicio del Toro, and is the main creative force behind...

Sometimes books are mega hits and get turned into movies that take off. There’s just something that captures the zeitgeist and it’s destined to be. Harry Potter came out of nowhere and then turned into a franchise of books, video games, Lego sets, and of course movies. Other times, authors release something that will undoubtedly get picked up as the track record for success is already there. This is the Stephen King special or even Michael Crichton when he was still active. Adaptations can come from cases of re-adaptations like Dracula, Frankenstein, and other classics that get recycled over and over again, especially of they fall into the public domain. There’s the rare case, though, that an unknown author has a manuscript pop and movie studios jump at the chance to create something new. The journey and strange tale of the author of Bird Box falls under that last category.

"The minute they feel they're losing control, they burn it all down." Netflix has launched the main official trailer for a new murder mystery whodunit dark comedy series titled The Perfect Couple. It's arriving for streaming later this week if anyone wants to find out what really went down. The series is adapted from the book of the same name written by Elin Hilderbrand, and all of the episodes are directed by the talented Belgian filmmaker Susanne Bier who also made Bird Box for Netflix in 2018. When one lavish wedding ends in disaster before it can even begin - with a body discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony - everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect. The wedding is cancelled until the cops figure out who the killer is. Any ideas? The Perfect Couple stars Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Eve Hewson, Dakota Fanning, Jack Reynor,...

"The perfect life has the most to hide." As always. It's never as perfect as it seems... Netflix has revealed an official trailer for another new murder mystery whodunit series - this one called The Perfect Couple. It's adapted from the book of the same name written by Elin Hilderbrand, and all of the episodes are directed by the talented Belgian filmmaker Susanne Bier - after making Bird Box in 2018 she has stuck with Netflix. When one lavish wedding ends in disaster before it can even begin - with a body discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony - everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect. So, who was it...? The Perfect Couple stars Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Eve Hewson, Dakota Fanning, Jack Reynor, Ishaan Khattar, Sam Nivola, Mia Isaac, and Meghann Fahy. Despite this glamorous cast, this seems like it was made by the Netflix...

Halle Berry and Glenn Close are set to star alongside Kim Kardashian in an upcoming Hulu legal drama that hails from Ryan Murphy, Variety has learned.

The series was first announced in December 2023 and is currently titled “All’s Fair.” As reported at that time, Kardashian will play a successful divorce lawyer who leads an all-female law firm in Los Angeles. Exact details for Berry and Close’s characters are being kept under wraps. Both women will also serve as executive producers on “All’s Fair,” as will Kardashian. Close will produce under her Trillium Productions banner.

The role marks a return to television legal dramas for Close, who famously starred in the FX series “Damages” as notorious lawyer Patty Hewes. Close earned two of her three Emmy Awards as well as a Golden Globe for her work on the show. Close is a 14-time Emmy nominee and won her other statuette...

Halle Berry and Glenn Close have joined the ensemble cast of Hulu’s All’s Fair, a new legal series from Ryan Murphy and Kim Kardashian. All four serve as executive producers.

The series is described by Murphy as “a high-end, glossy and sexy adult procedural.” Berry and Close will star opposite Kardashian who work together at an all-female law firm in the legal drama, penned by Jon Robin Baitz (Brothers & Sisters), writer of Murphy’s Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans and Joe Baken. Information regarding Berry and Close’s roles is under wraps.

All’s Fair marks the first series for Murphy under his new deal at Disney, with 20th Television, part of Disney TV Studios, producing in association with Ryan Murphy Television. Jon Robin Baitz, Joe Baken, Jamie Pachino, Laura Greene and Richard Levine executive produce alongside Murphy, Kardashian, Berry alongside her producing...

Sam Mercer, producer on several M. Night Shyamalan movies and former head of Ilm, died Feb. 12 of younger onset Alzheimer’s in South Pasadena. He was 69.

Raised in Weston, Mass., he attended Occidental College and then started working as a location manager on 1980s classics including “Stripes,” “The Escape Artist,” “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure,” “Swing Shift,” “Peggy Sue Got Married” and “The Witches of Eastwick.”

He joined the Walt Disney Company as a production executive, supervising films including “Good Morning Vietnam,” “Three Fugitives” and “Dead Poets Society.” He then became VP of motion picture production at Hollywood Pictures, where he oversaw releases including “Quiz Show,” “The Joy Luck Club,” “Born Yesterday,” “Swing Kids,” “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” and “Arachnophobia.”

Mercer then worked as an independent producer, starting with “Congo,” “The Relic” and “Mission to Mars.” After working with Shyamalan on “The Sixth Sense,” then went on...

Sam Mercer, who produced eight M. Night Shyamalan films starting with the spooky blockbuster The Sixth Sense, has died. He was 69.

Mercer died Feb. 12 at his home in South Pasadena after a battle with younger-onset Alzheimer’s, his wife, Tegan Jones, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Mercer was seen as an out-of-the-box hire when he joined Industrial Light & Magic in September 2015 to oversee and coordinate activities of the VFX giant’s studios in San Francisco, Vancouver, London and Singapore. However, he left the next year after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

Mercer began his career as a location manager on films including Stripes (1981), National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983), Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) and The Witches of Eastwick (1987).

He joined Disney and was a production executive on such features as Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) and Dead Poets Society (1989), and as a production vp at Hollywood Pictures, he oversaw the release of films...

Sam Mercer, who produced seven M. Night Shyamalan films including The Sixth Sense, headed Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic and was location manager on several classic 1980s pics, has died. He was 69.

His wife Tegan Jones told Deadline that Mercer died February 12 of younger-onset Alzheimer’s.

“He was the best big brother I could have hoped for,” Shyamalan said in a statement. “He made every movie a family, and I’ve tried to emulate that in every film since.”

Mercer moved to Los Angeles from Weston, Ma, to work in the movie industry. He began his career as a location manager on such 1980s gems as Stripes, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Peggy Sue Got Married and The Witches of Eastwick before moving to Walt Disney Studios.

Paul Reubens in ‘Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure’ (1985)

There he worked as a production executive, supervising movies including Good Morning Vietnam and Dead Poets Society,...

Winter Haunts runs for the second time in 2023, bringing together an exciting array of authors from the world of ghost stories, Gothic and supernatural fiction for a day of workshops, interviews and panels on the 11th November this year. A collaboration between Alex Davis Events and Writing Magazine, this year’s event looks a must-attend for writers and readers in the genre alike.

Authors taking part in the interview and panel thread on the day include Mariana Enriquez, Catriona Ward , Alix E Harrow, Tananarive Due, Stuart Turton, Jess Kidd and many more.

Joining us for workshops on the day will be Dan Coxon, Rachel Knightley, Anna Mazzola, Carly Reagon, AC Wise and Ally Wilkes, with topics including Writing Gothic Fiction, Generating Uncanny Stories, Researching Supernatural Historical Fiction and many more.

The event will be taking place online via Google Meet, giving attendees the opportunity to attend from anywhere in the world.

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and directors and producers! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between.

Today we talk about a true professional. An actor’s actor. The great Benicio Del Toro! Conor and I are joined by filmmaker and returning guest Chadd Harbold, who produced the new, impressive film Linoleum, starring Jim Gaffigan and Rhea Seehorn, out in theaters now.

The Benicio Del Toro B-Sides discussed are: The Funeral, Excess Baggage, The Hunted, and The Wolfman. Plenty more Del Toro films are referenced, including the masterful Things We Lost in the Fire.

We discuss his perfect accent in The Usual Suspects, his deep love for The Wolf-Man, the elemental beauty of The Hunted, and all of the scene-stealing he did as a young actor in small parts.

There’s...

BAFTA has unveiled its 2021 BAFTA Breakthrough cohort, including “It’s a Sin” star Lydia West and “Censor” director Prano Bailey-Bond.

Supported by Netflix, the annual talent initiative, which originally launched in 2013 as “Breakthrough Brits,” was renamed BAFTA Breakthrough in May 2020 and expanded to include the U.S. and India. Previous participants have included Paapa Essiedu, Letitia Wright, Florence Pugh and Josh O’Connor, among others.

This year’s cohort, drawn from the worlds of film, television and games, were hand-picked by a global jury made up of industry leaders including Niamh Algar (“Raise by Wolves”), Tim Renkow (“Jerk”) and ITV’s director of diversity and inclusion, Ade Rawcliffe, who chaired the jury.

24 participants hail from the U.K. and 12 from the U.S. As part of the BAFTA Breakthrough program they will receive access to one-to-one industry meetings, group roundtable sessions, networking opportunities within BAFTA’s membership, peer-to-peer support, global coaching, PR...

Warning: As the headline suggests, the article below reveals which character dies in Thursday’s Station 19/Grey’s Anatomy crossover.

Now that we know the identity of the Station 19/Grey’s Anatomy character for whom Thursday’s crossover episodes would be the last, we kinda want to go back to when we were still in the dark. Why? Because the casualty turned out to be Station 19 regular Okieriete Onaodowan’s indefatigably lovable Dean Miller.

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In “Things We Lost in the Fire...

It felt at first like just another zippy episode of Station 19: sexy thanks to Maya and Carina, whose lovemaking prowess her wife accidentally rated aloud, funny thanks to Sulivan, who thought his Fire Zaddy promo pictures made it look like he was selling cologne, and real thanks to Travis and Emmett, who requested that his boyfriend’s wedding picture be moved out of the bedroom. That, or “I’ll just continue making eye contact with your dead husband every time we have sex.”

“Things We Lost in the Fire” started off extra dramatic, too, as Vic, who owing...

[This story contains spoilers from episode 505, “Things We Lost in the Fire,” of ABC’s Station 19.]

As advertised, not everyone survived Thursday’s Station 19 and Grey’s Anatomy crossover.

ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy firefighter spinoff said an emotional farewell to Okieriete Onaodowan, best known as original series regular Dean Miller.

The crossover explored how both the firefighters at Station 19 and docs at Grey Sloan responded to a gas explosion in a residential neighborhood. Dean, who was already pondering leaving Seattle with his daughter for a job in Oakland, saved Vic’s (Barrett Doss) life after she was electrocuted by a stray ...

[This story contains spoilers from episode 505, “Things We Lost in the Fire,” of ABC’s Station 19.]

As advertised, not everyone survived Thursday’s Station 19 and Grey’s Anatomy crossover.

ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy firefighter spinoff said an emotional farewell to Okieriete Onaodowan, best known as original series regular Dean Miller.

The crossover explored how both the firefighters at Station 19 and docs at Grey Sloan responded to a gas explosion in a residential neighborhood. Dean, who was already pondering leaving Seattle with his daughter for a job in Oakland, saved Vic’s (Barrett Doss) life after she was electrocuted by a stray ...

Although we're excited for the crossover, we may not like the outcome of it.  In the Station 19-Grey's Anatomy crossover, airing Thursday, Nov. 11, an explosion rocks Seattle and from the looks of the trailer, someone doesn't make it out alive. From scenes of burning homes, to firefighters rushing down stairs trying to help people evacuate, the Station 19 episode, "Things We Lost in the Fire," starring Jaina Lee Ortiz, Jason George and Boris Kodjoe, looks like a tearjerker. The preview shows firefighters as they react to the explosion and rush to clear homes, unaware that it will changes their lives forever. Meanwhile, in the Grey's Anatomy portion of the crossover,...

ABC released a trailer for the “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Station 19” crossover event airing on Nov. 11.

In “Things we Lost in the Fire,” the “Station 19” episode at 8 p.m., Theo (Carlos Miranda) and Vic (Barrett Doss) hit a relationship milestone as Vic deals with her commitment issues, while Dean (Okieriete Onaodowan) considers a new career opportunity as Andy (Jaina Lee Ortiz) stays at his home and helps care for Pruitt. The firefighters must also handle a life-changing neighborhood explosion.

In “Bottle Up and Explode!,” the “Grey’s Anatomy” episode at 9 p.m., the Grey Sloan doctors must also work through the explosion, which triggers Owen’s (Kevin McKidd) Ptsd, causing his sister Megan (Abigail Spencer) to ask Winston (Anthony Hill) and Hayes (Richard Flood) for support. Meanwhile, in Minnesota, Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) meet a familiar face who assists in their study.

The trailer teases that “not...

Station 19 Things We Lost in the Fire Trailer — ABC‘s Station 19: Season 5, Episode 5: Things We Lost in the Fire TV show trailer has been released. Cast and crew Station 19 stars Jaina Lee Ortiz, Jason George, Boris Kodjoe, Grey Damon, Barrett Doss, Jay Hayden, Okieriete Onaodowan, Danielle Savre, and Miguel [...]

Continue reading: Station 19: Season 5, Episode 5: Things We Lost in the Fire TV Show Trailer [ABC]...

Chilean director Domingo Sotomayor is re-teaming with Sao Paulo-based Rt Features to make her third feature, “Niebla.”

CAA Media Finance arranged the financing and will represent sales rights. The cruise ship-set drama is currently in development and set to shoot in 2022.

Rt Features previously co-produced Sotomayor’s second feature, “Too Late to Die Young,” which saw her become the first woman to win a best director Leopard at Switzerland’s Locarno Festival.

Written by Sotomayor, “Niebla” reprises a scenario sketched in hugely different contexts in “Thursday Till Sunday” and “Too Late to Die Young” of characters on the brink of self-awareness at critical junctures in their lives.

Here, however, the protagonist is an adult, not the children of “Too Late to Die Young” nor the lovelorn adolescent of “Too Late,” and most seem in denial.

“‘Niebla’ takes place on a cruise ship heading towards a distant nondescript coastline. In the middle of the ocean,...

Project in development, earmarked for early 2022 shoot.

Dominga Sotomayor, one of the directors on special screening The Year Of The Everlasting Storm that plays out of competition here on Wednesday (July 14) will write and direct drama Niebla for Rt Features.

The Chilean filmmaker wrote and will direct the story about an eclectic group of ocean liner passengers who all appear to be escaping something. Among them is Julia, a 35-year-old woman who won a prize to be on the trip and finds herself stuck in a physical and emotional purgatory.

Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira (Call Me By Your Name) and...

After wowing audiences (this writer included) with her stunning debut feature, “Censor,” it appears that director Prano Bailey-Bond isn’t wasting time finding her next film project.

According to Rt Features, Prano Bailey-Bond is signed on to direct a film adaptation of the short story, “Things We Lost in the Fire,” by author Mariana Enriquez. Bailey-Bond is reteaming with her “Censor” screenwriter, Anthony Fletcher, to co-write the story about a terrorized female community that begins utilizing extreme measures in response to male violence against them.

Continue reading ‘Censor’ Director Prano Bailey-Bond To Helm ‘Things We Lost In The Fire’ As Her Next Feature at The Playlist.

“Call Me By Your Name” and “The Lighthouse” producer Rodrigo Teixeira of Rt Features, and Lourenço Sant’Anna, also a producer on “The Lighthouse,” have teamed with Prano Bailey-Bond on “Things We Lost in the Fire,” her follow-up to her breakout Sundance title “Censor.”

Bailey-Bond will write the screenplay, which is based on a short story of the same name from Argentine journalist and novelist Mariana Enriquez, with Anthony Fletcher. Alan Terpins is serving as executive producer.

In the film, a terrorized female community resorts to ever more extreme actions in response to male violence. The story marries elements of horror and feminism in a subversive commentary on the modern day beauty myth; a dark vision of a society where women take back control of their image in the most drastic manner imaginable.

In 2017, Enriquez’s “Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego” was translated into English by writer Megan McDowell,...

Hot off her debut feature Censor causing a storm when it opened the Midnight section at Sundance this year, Prano Bailey-Bond has been attached to write and direct Things We Lost In The Fire.

Pic will be based on a short story by Argentine journalist and novelist Mariana Enriquez, Anthony Fletcher (Censor) will co-write. It will chronicle how a terrorized female community resorts to ever more extreme actions in response to male violence.

Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira (Call Me by Your Name) and Lourenço Sant’Anna (The Lighthouse) will produce, with Alan Terpins serving as Executive Producer.

Rt has two pics at Cannes this week: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic’s Murina in Director’s Fortnight and Mia Hansen-Løve’s Bergman Island which will premiere In Competition.

Rt Features has Murina in Director’s Fortnight, Mia Hansen-Løve’s Bergman Island in Competition.

Prano Bailey-Bond, whose Censor played in Sundance and Berlin Panorama this year, will write and direct Things We Lost In The Fire, a dark feminist take on the beauty myth for Rt Features.

The drama is based on the short story of the same name by Argentinian journalist and novelist Mariana Enriquez about a terrorised female community which resorts to increasingly extreme actions in response to male violence.

Bailey-Bond is co-writing the adapted screenplay with her Censor co-writer Anthony Fletcher. The story combines elements of...

Fast-rising British director Prano Bailey-Bond — whose feature debut Censor was a breakout in Sundance earlier this year — has lined up her next project.

The Welsh filmmaker will write and direct Things We Lost in the Fire, based on a short story of the same name from Argentine journalist and novelist Mariana Enriquez, reuniting with her Censor co-writer Anthony Fletcher on the script. Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira (Call Me by Your Name) and Lourenço Sant’Anna (The Lighthouse) will produce, with Alan Terpins serving as executive producer.

Unveiled in Cannes, Things We Lost in the Fire follows a terrorized female community that resorts to ever more extreme ...

Fast-rising British director Prano Bailey-Bond — whose feature debut Censor was a breakout in Sundance earlier this year — has lined up her next project.

The Welsh filmmaker will write and direct Things We Lost in the Fire, based on a short story of the same name from Argentine journalist and novelist Mariana Enriquez, reuniting with her Censor co-writer Anthony Fletcher on the script. Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira (Call Me by Your Name) and Lourenço Sant’Anna (The Lighthouse) will produce, with Alan Terpins serving as executive producer.

Unveiled in Cannes, Things We Lost in the Fire follows a terrorized female community that resorts to ever more extreme ...

Five top TV directors will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, May 12, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a group chat with Daniel and all of the group together.

RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.

This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:

“Coyote”: Michelle MacLaren

MacLaren won two Emmys for producing “Breaking Bad” and received four other nominations. Other projects have included “The Morning Show,...

Michelle Pfeiffer has signed on to star as Betty Ford in the upcoming Showtime series “The First Lady,” Variety has learned. In addition, Susanne Bier has signed on to direct and executive produce the anthology series.

Formerly known as “First Ladies,” the show is described as a reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House. Pfeiffer joins previously announced cast member Viola Davis, who will star as Michelle Obama. The first season of the series will also explore the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, with that role yet to be cast.

Ford was the First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977 as the wife of President Gerald Ford. She was active in social policy and set a precedent as a politically active presidential spouse and one of the most candid first ladies in history, commenting on every hot-button issue of the time.

Despite very chaotic schedules, Gold Derby gathered four top TV showrunners recently for a Meet the Experts panel to discuss their latest projects and careers. Watch our exciting new group webchat above with Katori Hall (“P-Valley”), Aaron Guzikowski (“Raised by Wolves”), Benjamin Cavell (“The Stand”) and Susanne Bier (“The Undoing”). Click on each name above to be taken to their separate interviews during the hour-long panel.

In the chat, we ask about projects that influenced them into joining the crazy world of television and film long before it actually happened for them. For Cavell, he chooses to talk about “The Sopranos.” Hall discusses “Good Times” from the 1970s. Bier chats about an old black-and-white version of “Treasure Island.” Guzikowski mentions the original episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”

Other topics we cover in our group discussion include the process of waiting on a new project to debut for the public and critics,...

Susanne Bier was just as excited as anybody to watch her HBO limited series “The Undoing” unfold over recent weeks for audiences. She joined our Gold Derby Meet the Experts Showrunners panel this month (watch the exclusive video interview above), revealing that “it took off in a crazy way! The audience literally went into full gear speculating about who was the villain, who could they trust?”

The six-episode mystery thriller stars Hugh Grant as a man accused of the savage murder of his lover and Nicole Kidman as his steadfast wife. Other cast members included Edgar Ramirez, Donald Sutherland, Lily Rabe and Noah Jupe. Bier directed and served as executive producer alongside TV Hall of Fame member David E. Kelley, who wrote all of the segments.

SEEHugh Grant interview: ‘The Undoing’

She almost worked with Grant a few years ago and was finally able to snag him for this role.

Four top TV showrunners will reveal the secrets behind their programs when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to be published on Wednesday, December 16, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our managing editor Chris Beachum and a group chat with Chris and all of the producers together.

RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.

This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:

“P-Valley” (Starz): Katori Hall

Hall is an Olivier Award-winning playwright whose TV career has included such projects as “Cast Black Talent Virtual Reading Series,...

Danish director Susanne Bier is stepping in to replace outgoing International Feature Film Executive Committee co-head Diane Weyermann. Academy President David Rubin appointed Directors Branch governor Bier to co-chair the committee alongside Writers Branch governor Larry Karaszewski.

Weyermann, the documentary chief at Participant, elected to step down as co-chair and recuse herself from serving on the Executive Committee due to her professional relationship with “Collective,” which Romania officially selected for this year’s International Feature Film competition. Weyermann is not credited on the film and while Participant did not finance it, Participant did co-acquire “Collective” and is sharing its release with Magnolia Pictures.

The Danish Bier directed Oscar-winner “In a Better World,” the Oscar-nominated “After the Wedding,” “Open Hearts,” and “Brothers.” She has also directed film and television in Hollywood, including HBO series “The Undoing,” starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, Netflix smash “Bird Box,” starring Sandra Bullock, Emmy-winning “The Night Manager,...

Danish director Susanne Bier is stepping in to replace outgoing International Feature Film Executive Committee co-head Diane Weyermann. Academy President David Rubin appointed Directors Branch governor Bier to co-chair the committee alongside Writers Branch governor Larry Karaszewski.

Weyermann, the documentary chief at Participant, elected to step down as co-chair and recuse herself from serving on the Executive Committee due to her professional relationship with “Collective,” which Romania officially selected for this year’s International Feature Film competition. Weyermann is not credited on the film and while Participant did not finance it, Participant did co-acquire “Collective” and is sharing its release with Magnolia Pictures.

The Danish Bier directed Oscar-winner “In a Better World,” the Oscar-nominated “After the Wedding,” “Open Hearts,” and “Brothers.” She has also directed film and television in Hollywood, including HBO series “The Undoing,” starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, Netflix smash “Bird Box,” starring Sandra Bullock, Emmy-winning “The Night Manager,...

Diane Weyermann, the content chief for Participant Media, has stepped down as co-chair of the international feature film’s executive committee, Variety has confirmed.

Weyermann decided to leave her role as co-chair of the executive committee due to her professional relationship with the documentary “Collective,” which has been selected to represent Romania in this year’s International Feature Film competition. “Collective” was produced by Participant.

Alhough Weyermann is not personally credited on the film and was not responsible for the financing, Participant—for which she is head of documentaries—co-acquired the film and is handling its release.

The Academy president David Rubin has appointed the Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier (“The Night Manager”), who is currently the governor of the Directors Branch, to co-chair the committee alongside Larry Karaszewski, the governor of the Writers Branch.

One of Scandinavia’s most celebrated auteurs, Bier previously won an Oscar with her Danish drama...

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Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier has bounced back in a big way. Her career came into sharp focus in the early aughts, but was minted later that decade when “After the Wedding” (2006; it made Mads Mikkelsen a household name) and “In a Better World” (2010) both scored Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film (“In A Better World” would win). She had done Hollywood in between (the underrated “Things We Lost In The Fire”; 2007), but she was poised for huge things when Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper had agreed to star in “Serena” just as both their stars were going supernova (Lawrence was already an Academy Award winner before the film’s release).

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This is a major coup for HBO — Susanne Bier has signed on to direct all six episodes of The Undoing, the network’s high-profile upcoming limited series starring Nicole Kidman and written by David E. Kelley.

Bier, who also will serve as an executive producer, has been at the top of every network’s list of director choices following her work on The Night Manager, which earned her an Emmy Award. She had been unavailable, working on her feature Bird Box; this marks her first TV commitment since The Night Manager and first for an American TV production. Like the British The Night Manager, The Undoing is a limited series with Bier as the sole director.

An adaptation of Jean Hanff Korelitz’s book You Should Have Known, The Undoing centers on Grace Sachs (Kidman), who is living the only life she ever wanted for herself. She’s a successful...

Emmy-winning director Susanne Bier has signed on to helm the upcoming HBO series “The Undoing.”

Bier will direct all six episodes of the series, which is based on the book “You Should Have Known” by Jean Hanff Korelit, in addition to serving as an executive producer. The series stars and is executive produced by Nicole Kidman.

Bier won the Emmy for best directing for a limited series for AMC’s “The Night Manager,” with Bier having directed all six episodes of that series as well. Her film credits include critically-acclaimed works like “A Second Chance,” “Love Is All You Need,” “In A Better World,” “Things We Lost In The Fire,” “After The Wedding,” “Brothers,” “Once in A Lifetime,” and the upcoming “Bird Box.” She is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Jackoway Tyerman.

In “The Undoing,” Grace Sachs (Kidman) is living the only life she ever wanted for herself.

“The Night Manager” filmmaker Susanne Bier has been set as the director for “The Undoing,” HBO’s next limited series from Nicole Kidman and “Big Little Lies” boss David E. Kelley, an individual with knowledge of production tells TheWrap.

Based on the book “You Should Have Known” by Jean Hanff Korelitz, the six-episode series stars Kidman as Grace Sachs, a loving wife, devoted mother and successful therapist whose life unravels when she makes discoveries about her husband’s past.

Here’s the official logline for the series: Grace Sachs (Kidman) is living the only life she ever wanted for herself. She’s a successful therapist, has a devoted husband and young son who attends an elite private school in New York City. Overnight a chasm opens in her life: a violent death, a missing husband, and, in the place of a man Grace thought she knew, only a chain of terrible revelations.

Danish director Susanne Bier is president of the jury for its Venice Virtual Reality section. Over the past three decades, she’s received widespread acclaim for projects ranging from the globe-trotting 2016 miniseries adaptation of John le Carre’s “The Night Manager,” which earned her an Emmy, to dark family dramas such as 2007’s “Things We Lost in the Fire” and 2010’s “In a Better World,” the latter of which won the Oscar for best foreign language film. But she’s never worked in an “immersive” medium, be it virtual reality (Vr), augmented reality (Ar) or mixed reality (Mr).

Why do you think Venice chose you for the jury?

I guess I’m a traditional narrative filmmaker, but I come out of a more innovative cinema. At times, I thought I was sitting somewhere in between being considered way too mainstream and way too arthouse. So I’m very honored, but...

Revolutionary Road and Jarhead producer takes over from Jane Lush.

Revolutionary Road and Jarhead producer Pippa Harris will be confirmed as the new chair of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) at tonight’s (June 4) Agm.

Harris has been deputy chair since August 2017, and her tenure as chair will run for two years.

She replaces Jane Lush, whose two-year term has come to an end.

Harris joined the board of trustees as deputy chair of the film committee in 2011 and was made chair of the film committee in 2015.

She also chaired Bafta’s recent taskforce examining sexual...

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Sandra Bullock stars in the Netflix apocalypse thriller movie, Bird Box, under the purview of the director of The Night Manager.

Sandra Bullock became yet another A-list acquisition for one of Netflix’s high-profile projects when the apocalyptic drama, Bird Box, was announced last year. The 2001 The Blind Side Best Actress Oscar winner and co-star of the recent female ensemble heist film, Ocean’s Eight, headlines Bird Box – the Netfilix-exclusive film adaptation of the 2014 novel of the same name by Josh Malerman, depicting a nightmarish world overrun by a mysterious madness.

Bullock will be joined by a serious stable of co-stars consisting of names such as John Malkovich, Sarah Paulson, Lil Rel Howery, Bd Wong, Jacki Weaver, David Dastmalchian, Parminder Nagra and Tom Hollander. Susanne Bier (The Night Manager) directed the film, having worked off an adaptation script by Eric Heisserer (Lights Out).

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